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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus (3 videos)

Nelly concludes her reading of Albert Camus's The Stranger, accompanied with some very useful comments.

Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French (2 videos)

Nelly suggests some songs for more advanced French speakers: Charles Aznavour's "La bohème," Angèle's "Balance ton quoi," Stromae's "Formidable," Serge Gainsbourg's "La javanaise," and Orelsan's "Tout va bien."

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Nelly gives some advice about reading books in a foreign language and recommends some books for French learners. One of her recommendations is The Braid by Laetitia Colombani.

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Molière become so successful? The French playwright, whose plays are still being performed today, did not just rely on his talent as a writer—he knew how to drum up publicity for himself as well.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to its saltworks, the town of Marsal boasts some interesting artwork, such as the bovine statue by the Hungarian artist Sandor Kiss. And Michel will explain the town's connection with Louis XIV and French military engineer Vauban.

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Le saviez-vous? - La série "Il était une fois"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia introduces the famous French animated series Il était une fois (Once Upon a Time), which follows a time-traveling family through the high points of human civilization and into the future. We have several episodes available on Yabla, which you can find here, and more coming soon!

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recommends some more easy books in French by Amélie Nothomb, Guillaume Musso, and Albert Camus. She also discusses the passé simple or simple past tense, which is primarily used in written French.

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Sophie et Olivier - Les César

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sophie and Olivier discuss the César Awards, the French Oscars. Olivier didn't watch the ceremony, and Sophie only saw some excerpts, but they still find a lot to talk about on the subject!

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Sandra learns to draw hands and feet. And you will learn the words for the different parts of them in French.

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her excellent reading recommendations with some very useful tips. Why not watch the movie adaptation of your novel of choice, or if you're short on time, read a poem or two?

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Caption 43 [en]: about French poetry.
Caption 43 [fr]: de poésie française.

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Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recites and explains in great detail Victor Hugo's poem "Demain, dès l'aube" (Tomorrow, at Dawn). Though initially it might read like a love poem, it turns out to be much more tragic.

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Caption 2 [en]: in which we're going to talk French literature,
Caption 2 [fr]: dans laquelle on va parler littérature française,

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sandra continues to explain the different colors of the color wheel. She also gives a great explanation of complementary colors and how to obtain the best color combinations.

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Caption 40 [en]: So a French chemist?
Caption 40 [fr]: Alors un chimiste français ?

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our visit to Marsal with a few comments from Michel, who shows us a stone marking the passage of a Roman emperor in Marsal in the first century AD. And Lionel has a few salty expressions in store for you...

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Caption 34 [en]: "With fleur de sel [French sea salt], "raw, with salt," et cetera.
Caption 34 [fr]: « À la fleur de sel », « à la croque au sel » et cetera.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Michel guides us back to the time of Louis XIV, who took the town of Marsal in 1663. Find out why.

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Caption 13 [en]: And so... -Marsal becomes French in sixteen sixty-three?
Caption 13 [fr]: Et donc... -Marsal devient française en mille six cent soixante-trois ?

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel, Michel, and Juliette take a stroll through the village, where they meet some ceramic artists, a dog, and even the mayor!

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Caption 52 [en]: Does he bark... in French? -Well, we think so, you know, anyway. -Yes yes, yes yes.
Caption 52 [fr]: Il aboie... en français ? -Ben, on pense, hein, quand même. -Oui oui, oui oui.

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